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Old 06-26-2013, 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by 85e150six4mtod
Are you mounting a pickup bed low on the chassis? These are usually a flat bed, high enough that tire clearance side to side is not an issue....
If you mean "low on the chassis" as in the way the bed was mounted on the F-350 from which it came, then the answer is "yes." The 350 was supposedly a SRW model from the late-60s. I saw one of these "conversions" done to a '56 F-600 and it looked good and operated well, but I do not recall if the bed was widened or if he adjusted the wheel wells inside it or if his tires just fit with the existing the bed sides. If I recall, the guy had a fifth wheel gooseneck hitch on the bed floor. There's no way that my truck would be fully loaded to max GVWR and the pickup box is just more practical for what we'll do with the truck. I'm about an inch shy of it being a perfect drop-on fit from what I can tell.

And I'm not sure what r____ r____ means, Stu.

Thanks!